Scientific advisers to the United Nations have delivered a scathing assessment of the NSW government's plans to raise Warragamba dam, prompting fears that the Blue Mountains could lose its world heritage status if the project proceeds.
In a letter to the federal government, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), said raising the dam "appears to be inappropriate in relation to the requirements of the World Heritage Convention".
Australia is a signatory to the World Heritage Convention, and under federal environment law, the federal environment minister is not allowed to approve a project that is inconsistent with the Convention.
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